Bible Verses about “be still”
The Bible contains 26 verses about be still across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
“He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”
“¶ A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.”
“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”
“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.”
“¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”
“The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
“¶ To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
“Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, ‹Peace, be still.› And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.”
“For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.”
“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.”
“Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;”
“[Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”
“God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, [and that] right early.”
“[There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.”
“Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.”
“¶ The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.”
“The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.”
“Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.”
“He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.”
“The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.”
“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.”